Watch Croatia star Mateo Kovacic get his sweet revenge on Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren as they shared a bus.
It was Lovren’s birthday so clearly the obvious thing for Kovacic to do was prank the man as he slept on the team bus. And to his credit, Lovren hardly even battered an eyelid as he took a soaking like a man.
The revenge Kovacic speaks of seems to stem from when Lovren filmed the midfielder having his hair shaved off back in June.
Croatia are having an excellent World Cup, and have beat nations such as Argentina, Denmark and Russia to reach the semi-final of the tournament. They will face England, who saw off Sweden 2-0 to book their place in the round.
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Lovren is likely to face up against Liverpool teammate Jordan Henderson, while fellow Red Trent Alexander-Arnold will watch the action from the bench. The defender has been an important part of the side, and has played in all five games so far.
With 44 caps, the 29-year-old is an experienced international – but his World Cup place would have been under threat following an up and down Premier League campaign.
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Despite those ups and down, Lovren still played 29 league games last season as manager Jurgen Klopp struggled to find the perfect partner for Virgil van Dijk. You’d sense that a strong tournament would aid the Croatian’s cause, and Liverpool don’t seem to be hunting too hard for another defender.
Real Madrid man Kovacic has been used less, and has only featured for 183 minutes across five appearances. The former Inter Milan man played 21 times in La Liga last season but failed to hit the back of the net and only registered two assists, and has found it difficult to break ahead of Luka Modric for club and country.
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Whatever happens, Liverpool are going to have a player in the World Cup final and that’s a good thing. But if it’s Lovren, you just wonder for how much longer he’ll be a Red.